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…73, doesn’t always participate in group activities, but she ventures into the hall when she hears Paro’s sounds. “I love animals,” explains Ms. Simmeth. She whispered to the robot in her lap: “I know you’re not real, but somehow, I don’t know, I love you.” Tombot designed to help people with dementia Last month, I interviewed Tom Stevens, the inventor of Tombot, the most realistic robotics dog specifically made for the treatment of dementia. He invented the mechatronic canine from the trauma of having to take away his Mom’s dog as she was suffering from dementia. “I started looking around…
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…as well from the comfort (and safety) of their couches. About the author Oliver Mitchell is a partner at ff Venture Capital. His areas of focus are drones, robotics, and applied AI. Mitchell is also an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University. This column is reposted with permission.